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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    cot·tage /ˈkɒtɪdʒ $ ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]  TBBa small house in the country 乡村小屋；村舍 a country cottage 乡间小屋 We’re staying in a holiday cottage in Dorset. 我们住在多塞特的一个度假小别墅里。 →5 see picture at 见图 house1n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + cottage little/small/tinyHe lived all his life in a small cottage by the river.remote (=far from any towns)There’s a remote cottage in the mountains where we go for walking holidays.picturesque (=pretty)Would you prefer to live in a modern house or a picturesque cottage?a thatched cottage (=with a roof made from dry straw)a row of small thatched cottagesa country cottage (=in the countryside)A lot of people dream of living in a country cottage.a stone cottageThe village is full of old stone cottages with thatched roofs.a holiday cottage British English (=that people use or rent for holidays)We rented a holiday cottage in Wales.a weekend/summer cottage (=that the owners go to at weekends or in the summer)They live in London but they also have a weekend cottage by the sea.
    Examples from the Corpus
    cottage• She lives in a charming cottage deep in the Kent countryside.• Beatrice was pleased and invited Guillaume to her cottage for tea.• He could just make out the two rows of cottages and the fields beyond them.• A few secluded cottages are located along the narrow winding road.• Earl grabbed the girl, looked right then left down the row of shuttered summer cottages, and shoved the girl inside.• a row of thatched cottages in a rural village• He also asserted that the day of the cottage industry was over.• It was with these thoughts that I returned alone to the cottage.• The cottages look sort of bare.• They controlled this cottage industry by buying, selling, transporting and exchanging raw wool, spun yam and woven cloth.• The interior is furnished simply but very pleasantly in keeping with the old-world cottage ambience of the house.    Origin cottage (1300-1400) Anglo-French cotage, from English cot “cottage”, from Old English
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    cottage
    cot‧tage S3 W3 /ˈkɒtɪdʒ $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Anglo-French
     Origin: cotage, from English cot 'cottage', from Old English
    a small house in the country:
        a country cottage
        We’re staying in a holiday cottage in Dorset.
         
    COLLOCATIONS
    ■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cottage
       ▪ little/small/tiny He lived all his life in a small cottage by the river.
       ▪ remote (=far from any towns) There’s a remote cottage in the mountains where we go for walking holidays.
       ▪ picturesque (=pretty) Would you prefer to live in a modern house or a picturesque cottage?
       ▪ a thatched cottage (=with a roof made from dry straw) a row of small thatched cottages
       ▪ a country cottage (=in the countryside) A lot of people dream of living in a country cottage.
       ▪ a stone cottage The village is full of old stone cottages with thatched roofs.
       ▪ a holiday cottage British English (=that people use or rent for holidays) We rented a holiday cottage in Wales.
       ▪ a weekend/summer cottage (=that the owners go to at weekends or in the summer) They live in London but they also have a weekend cottage by the sea.
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ house a building that someone lives in, especially one that is intended for one family, person, or couple to live in: Annie and Rick have just bought their first house. | The price of houses is going up all the time.
       ▪ detached house British English a house that is not joined to another house: a detached four-bedroomed house
       ▪ semi-detached house British English a house that is joined to another house on one side
       ▪ terraced house British English, row house American English one of a row of houses that are joined together
       ▪ townhouse one of a row of houses that are joined together. In British English, townhouse is often used about a large and impressive house in a fashionable area of a city: an 18th-century townhouse in Bath
       ▪ cottage a small house in the country – used especially about houses in the UK: a little cottage in the country | a thatched cottage (=with a roof made of straw)
       ▪ bungalow a small house that is all on one level: Bungalows are suitable for many elderly people.
       ▪ country house a large house in the countryside, especially one that is of historical interest: The hotel was originally an Edwardian country house.
       ▪ mansion a very large house: the family’s Beverly Hills mansion
       ▪ mobile home (also trailer American English) a type of house that can be pulled by a large vehicle and moved to another place
       ▪ ranch house American English a long narrow house that is all on one level: a California ranch house
       ▪ duplex American English a house that is divided into two separate homes


    🔑 cot·tageBrE /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːtɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun
    a small house, especially in the country 小屋；（尤指）村舍，小别墅◆a charming country cottage with roses around the door门口周围开着玫瑰花的迷人的乡村小屋◆(BrE) a holiday cottage度假小别墅